I just loved this howtofailpod w Auntie Malorie is away. & Elizabeth Day . So inspiring to hear how she rose up from destitution & discouragement, how she found her passion through City Lit Writing Dpt and how she built her phenomenal connection with readers, going school by school.

I'm back to the Victorians with #NorthandSouth by #ElizabethGaskell inspired by a cracking episode of Backlisted Podcast The audio book (Juliet Stevenson doing many voices) is also fab.

Congratulations to City Lit #writing tutor Arji Manuelpillai (@theleano) on the recent publication of his poetry collection Improvised Explosive Device - available now! 🎉

'unflinching, uncomfortable and uncommonly brave' - Rishi Dastidar

What’s happening today in the arts.🧵

Arts organisations across England will find out if they have been awarded National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) status from Arts Council England (ACE). Those awarded will receive funding from Apr 2023 to Mar 2026.

1/ #NPO

📣 Seven days from now at City Lit - #WRITING THE #CITY : in conversation with Francis Spufford and
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan. Don't miss it!

📅 Thu 10 Nov
🕑 7pm-8pm
💻 Online

Book your FREE place today ➡️ citylit.ac.uk/writing-the-ci… #amwriting #fiction

'I flitted shamelessly between projects,' recalls Kathleen Founds. 'When I woke up buoyant and capable, I attacked my novel. When an odd idea or a lyrical phrase inspired me, I massaged it into a short story.' themillions.com/2022/10/when-a…

New eco-poetry course City Lit Writing Dpt this month - read, write and share eco-poems, engage with the more-than-human and this precious 🌍
citylit.ac.uk/courses/writin…

Next week I'm teaching a course on women's experiences in #poetry for City Lit Writing Dpt. Book your place if you want to write about your own experiences of womanhood:

citylit.ac.uk/courses/writin…

Phyllis Richardson Laura Silverman Claire Collison Yvonne Singh Rowan Hisayo Buchanan 🍁 Sarah Leipciger 🍁 Challenge accepted! (I have to put a filter on my zoom image when I’m teaching because this colour makes me look like a salmon.)

Poets return us to the complexity and the fragility of language...
JOHN AGARD

#amwriting #writing #writing inspiration #writing tips #writing community #poetry

Noughts + Crosses author Auntie Malorie is away. on the 82 rejection letters she received from publishers... “When you find the thing you want to do, you don't let it go in a hurry”.

imagine... Malorie Blackman: What If? | BBC One & BBC iPlayer tonight - bbc.in/3h0tyPr

Yes, yes, yes, come and join us (online) #WritingCommunity #city #stories

City Lit City Lit Writing Dpt. What a packed course sandwiched into a weekend. Such inspiring prompts to take you to a literary landscape you never thought you were capable of inhabiting.